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No. 301,309.4 Patented July 1,1884.

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CHARLES VEISS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSlG-NOR TO CHARLES KRUSE, OF

` NEV YORK, N. Y.,

CHECKRECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofgLettei-s Patent No. 301,309, dated July 1, 1884.

Application tiled June 20, i883.

(No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, CHARLES W. Wniss, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Receivers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a .full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letan upwardly-curved detaininglug on the edge of a dischargingaperture, a recess being formed in the top of the receptacle above the lug to permit the checks to ride up over the latter, and then drop into a suitable passage leading to the receiving box or drawer beneath. The top of the receiving end of the receptacle is slotted to permit of an insertion of the checks edgewise, and is iitted with an inclined plate secured diagonally under the opening, so that each check, when pressed downward into the receptacle, shall operate as a wedge against said incline to force forward the series of checks in advance of it, and thus push the last one of the series over the lug into the bor.v

lt consists, also, in the combination and ar rangement of the transparent detaining-receptacle and its drop-tube with a base-plate and supporting-frame adapted for the display of an advertisingcard,whereby the entire structure of the device is practically utilized.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, lpartly in section; Fig. 2, a transverse section inline x x, and Fig. 3 a similar section in line y y ol VFig. l.

the edges of two parallel plates of glass, M M. Narrow strips. Al A are inserted and secured between the platesat top and bottom to main tain the interval between them, and the width of said interval is made to slightly exceed the thickness of the metallic checks to be deposited. The width of the glass plates between the bars A A is somewhat greater than the diameter of the checks, so that thelatter may pass freely along between the plates from end to end thereof. rlhe bottom strip, A', andthe lower bar, A, are cut away at one end of the recep-. tacle thus formed, to provide an opening, D, through which the checks may drop into a passage, E, leading down to and through the base-plate to communicate with a suitable box or drawer placed beneath it. rlhis disehargeopening D is guarded by a lug or n- I ger, F, formed as a continuation of the bottom strip, A, between the glass plates, and which projects from the edge of the opening at an upward angle, so that the checks rolling or sliding toward the opening must ride up upon and over said lug before dropping into the passage E. rlhe inner side of the upper strip, A, is recessed suliieien'tly at G, immediately over the end of the lug F, to permit a check to ride up over said lug. A second lug, H, is made to project inward from the upright B to form an incline, a counterpart substantially ofthe under side of the lug or upright F, so as to leave a space between the two somewhat greater than the diameter of the check. The inclination of the downward passage E, in combination lwith the offset formed by the projecting end of the lug H, serves to prevent a rebound or return of any check which shall have dropped over the end of the lug F. The bottom of the interposed strip, A', determining the interval between the glass plates, is preferably recessed in a series of curved depressions, b b, each describing an arc whose radius corresponds with that of one of the checks, the first and deepest depression being formed at the base of and in connection with 9 5 reduced indepth toward the receiving end of Ioo the receptacle. At this end an opening, D, l sists in the use ol' a horizontal or inclined .le

is cut in the upper strip, A, separating the glass plates, and in the superimposed bar, A, l'o admit of the ready insertion of the checks. An inclined plate, K, (which may be ot' an ornamental form,) is inserted under the opening. Its upper face forms an angle of about i`orty-iive degrees with the bottoni of the receptacle, and its front end so terminates as to come nearly into contact with the iirst of the checks detained in the receptacle somewhat below a horizontal line drawn through the center of the check, so that when a check is inserted through the opening` at D it shall rest upon this inclined plate on one side and upon the curved edge of the first check on the other.

ln the use of the machine, when a check, 5, is inserted through the opening at D for deposit in the receiver and is pressed down into the receptacle, it will operate as a wedge to` force forward the entire seriesl of checks, 15, 50, &c., and cause the last in the row to mount up upon the lug F which has coniined it, and drop over beyond into the passage E, to fall through it into the receiving-box beneath. .lhe check last deposited will remain in full view and continue in sight until, having been pushed intermittently forward by the new checks inserted, it iinally drops out of sight into the closed receiving-box under the stand.

The space between the upright on the receiving end of the-device, the drop tube or passage at its opposite end, andthe transparent receptacle above and base-plate below are utilized ior advertising purposes by the insertion of a panel, L or a skeleton frarne there in, upon which the advertisement, in any desired forni, .may be readily produced.

The advertising-space may be dispensed with by letting the casing of the droppas sage 'E enter an aperture cnt 'l'or the purpose in the top of a counter or ease, and securing the iframe incasing the glass receptacle directly upon the top of said case or counter.

I am aware that check-receivers have been constructed of a vertical tube or receptacle l'orined with open or transparent sides provided with pivoted spring-actuated retainingiingers at the lower end, which are sprung or forced apart to allow the passage of a check between them. My improvement thereon conformed or fitted and secured `in the bottom el.

the case at its discharging end, so that each check is made to ride over it in order to be discharged from the receptacle when forced forward by the insertion of an additional. check, and I am enabled thereby to avoid all the objections incident to the use oil" pivoted spring-actuated appliances, and to secure a thoroughly reliable, permanent, and unalterable device which cannot get out of order.

I claim as my inventionw 1Q The combination, in a check-receiver, with a horizontal or inclined receptacle adaptI ed to the display on edge of a series of checks inserted therein singly at one end7 to be dis charged singly therefrom at the opposite end, of a iixed inclined detainiiig-lugprojecting upward `from the bottom oi' the receptacle in front of the discharge-opening under a recess in the top of the receptacle, and over which each check brought in contact therewith is forced by the insertion of a new check into the receiver, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. rlhe combination, in a chcckareceiver, with a horizontal or inclined receptacle, and with a iixed inclined detaining-lug, l?, projecting upward in front ot a downward discharge passage, E, at the end ol" said receptacle, ol" a second fixed lug, Il, proiecting within said discharge-passage opposite to and below the lug F, substantially in the manner and l'or the purpose herein set i'crth.

The combination, in a horizontal checle receiver provided with suitable receiving and discharging openings, 'l) D, of the upper and lower bars A A, intervening strips, A A, up right standards 1B B, and glass plates )I M, with an upright discharging tube or case, ',ll, panel XV, and supporting-base (l, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof ll have sign ed my name to this specillcation in the presence cl" two subscribing witnesses.

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